Rather

Rather

Rather Audio

When I close my eyes I see

Your knuckles and your knees

I see you everywhere

On the license plate in the car in front of me

On the signs and on the street

And on the TV

I’d rather walk to the moon and back

Than keep picking up your slack

I’d rather walk to the bottom of the sea

Than wait for you to really love me

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I’d rather never see you again

I never want to see you again.

I gotta get you out of my system.

I never want to hear from you again

I gotta get you out of my system.

When I close my eyes I see

The way you used to look at me

I see you in my dreams

That’s how I know you still think of me

I’d rather walk across the ocean floor

With an anchor chained to my ankle

I’d rather face the dark side of the moon

Than a lifetime chained to you

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When I close my eyes I see

15 years between you and me

We’ve changed and yet the past is still the same

And our love is still my shame

I’d rather fill my lungs with the salty sea

Than taste one more tear from you to me

I’d rather wipe my memory clean

Than keep anything that you give to me

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When I close my eyes I see

What could have been between you and me

I see our children growing old

And your heart staying just as cold

I’d rather kill what could have been

Than face your walled off eyes again

I’d rather snuff the fire in the dark

Than live a love without a spark

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Didn't Know

Didn't Know

Didn't Know Audio

I think of all the women I know

And there’s one who comes to mind

She’s a lot like you and me

She’s lost her goddamn mind

Maybe you know her, She lives around here

She’s a friend of mine

On the surface she’s doing well

She says she’s doing fine

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I didn’t know

That’s how it could go

Til she told me so

She has a family and a job

Her house is pretty nice

I don’t mean to say she never smiles

She can have a good time

She says, I think of the girl that I was

And all I left behind

The weight of innocence I’m not

The girl I left behind

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I didn’t know

That’s how it could go

Til she told me so

Maybe it was there all along

Just a seed inside

And when the storm soaked the field

It was just a matter of time

Kids are asking but her man doesn’t have a clue

Says it’s not my fault

She never said anything

She kept it all under lock

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I didn’t know

That’s how it could go

Til she told me so

She says, I think of all the women I know

And those I left behind

I think of the girl that I’m not

And the one still inside

The Mind

The Mind

The Mind audio

I'm so tired of being unhappy

and there's no one else I can tell

Because everyone else is so full of theyself

They can't hear how I'm going through hell

I got a crick in my neck like a lock.

I haven't smiled for real since last week.

And even then was it an evil grin

Or was I smiling through tears.

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The mind it is a prison cell

And a cave in the dark with no map

And a game that I'm in that I don't want to win

And a magical fantasy realm.

I wake up to a list of shit I don't want to do

I'm behind and I'm late and I'm lost

Why even begin a game you don't want to win?

The prize is not worth the cost.

Because the mind it is a prison cell

And a cave in the dark with no map

And a game that I'm in that I don't want to win

And a magical fantasy realm

Where there's angels and daemons and devils

And dragons and witches and war

And centaurs, demigods, 12 year old heroes 

In a battle against cruel power.

I got forms to fill out and people to pay.

My day is over before it starts.

I'm locked up on one side. I've lost the will to try

But they say take heart, take heart.

Because the mind it is a prison cell

And a cave in the dark with no map

And a game that I'm in that I don't want to win

And a magical fantasy realm

Where there's angels and daemons and devils

And dragons and witches and war

And centaurs, demigods, 12 year old heroes 

In a battle against cruel power

Where the weak ones learn their own strength

And are saved by unlikely friends

And the path that you take determines your fate

Which you can't know until the end.